Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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An elephant calf named Linh Mai was born at The Smithsonian’s National Zoo in February.

Because the calf’s mother behaved aggressively toward her, curator Robbie Clark and more than a dozen caretakers have been working around the clock to bottle feed Linh Mai.

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